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Saturday Night Terror At Rabbi Rottenburg's Shul, 15 Transported To Hospital, Suspect In Custody [UPDATE: 1:00 AM]  —  MONSEY (VINnews) — Multiple people were stabbed Saturday night in a synagogue.  —  According to reports, a black male entered Rabbi Rottenburg's Shul with his face covered by a scarf, and pulled out a machete.
New York Times:
Monsey Stabbing: 5 Wounded at Rabbi's Home in N.Y. Suburb  —  The attack occurred in an area with a large population of ultra-Orthodox Jews.  —  An intruder with a knife stormed into the home of a Hasidic rabbi in a New York suburb on Saturday, stabbing and wounding five people, officials said.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Slate
CBS New York:
Several People Stabbed By Machete-Wielding Suspect At Monsey Synagogue, Suspect Arrested In NYC  —  MONSEY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) - Multiple people have reportedly been stabbed in an attack on a Rabbi's home in New York's Rockland County.  That attacker is now reportedly in custody after fleeing the scene.
Discussion: The Sun and DNyuz
New York Post:
Suspects released without bail after shocking attacks on Jews  —  Suspects arrested in last week's spree of eight anti-Semitic attacks are being quickly released right back into the neighborhoods they terrorized thanks to “bail reform” legislation — which doesn't even take effect until Jan. 1.
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
‘Nothing Less Than a Civil War’: These White Voters on the Far Right See Doom Without Trump  —  Deeply conservative, they organize online and outside the Republican Party apparatus, engaging in more explicit versions of the chest-beating seen at the president's rallies.
Discussion: Raw Story and Jill Filipovic
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Trump retweets a post naming the alleged whistleblower  —  President Trump retweeted a post naming the alleged whistleblower who filed the complaint that became the catalyst for the congressional inquiry that resulted in his impeachment by the House of Representatives.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, ABC News and DNyuz
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump attacks whistleblower in tweetstorm full of rants and conspiracies  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump retweeted an attack that included an unsubstantiated name of the intelligence community whistleblower at the heart of the Ukraine scandal as part of a series of rants and conspiratorial posts Friday night.
Discussion: DNyuz and Raw Story
David Frum / The Atlantic:
A Gangster in the White House  —  Amid a two-day binge of post-Christmas rage-tweeting, President Donald Trump retweeted the name of the CIA employee widely presumed to be the whistle-blower in the Ukraine scandal.  On Thursday night, December 26, Trump retweeted his campaign account …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Pelosi gets under Trump's skin on impeachment  —  President Trump has made attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) a theme of his holiday break at his Mar-a-Lago resort.  —  Trump's comments suggest he is lingering on impeachment and that Pelosi's central role in it is very much on his mind going into 2020.
Discussion: Associated Press and Breitbart
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Jan Wolfe / Reuters:   Facing blowback, Biden clarifies stance on impeachment trial testimony
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Ivanka Trump suggests she may leave White House job if father re-elected  —  President's senior adviser says she will put her family's needs first in making decision  —  Ivanka Trump has cast doubt on continuing in her advisory role in the administration if her father wins re-election next year.
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Emily Tillett / CBS News:
Ivanka Trump says staying in Washington will be up to her kids, cites “unfinished” work
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Ivanka Trump might leave White House if father wins 2020
Discussion: Fox News
Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
Elizabeth Warren releases new anti-corruption campaign ad in Iowa  —  “I'm not afraid to stand up to the powerful interests,” she says.  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign released a new ad on Monday that zeroed in on the line of attack she used against South Bend, Indiana …
Discussion: NBC News and Associated Press
Amy Qin / New York Times:
In China's Crackdown on Muslims, Children Have Not Been Spared  —  In Xinjiang the authorities have separated nearly half a million children from their families, aiming to instill loyalty to China and the Communist Party.  —  HOTAN, China — The first grader was a good student and beloved by her classmates …
Kashmira Gander / Newsweek:
Record hit for most ice to melt in Antarctica in one day, data suggests: “We are in a climate emergency”  —  The record in recent decades for the highest level of ice to melt in Antarctica in one day was reached on Christmas Eve, data suggests.  —  Around 15 percent of the continent's surface melted …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden still leads Democratic race as Warren drops  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden remains Democratic primary voters' preferred presidential candidate, as a Fox News Poll released Sunday shows more think he is capable of beating President Trump than feel …
Discussion: Associated Press
Benjamin Weinthal / Jerusalem Post:
US envoy urges EU to ban Hezbollah after Iran militia kills American  —  US reviews Kataib Hezbollah's role in murder of US contractor  —  The most high-profile US Ambassador in Europe Richard Grenell urged European countries on Saturday to outlaw Hezbollah's entire organization …
ABC News:
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard says impeachment will only ‘embolden’ Trump, increasing his reelection chances  —  She said a second term for Trump is a “serious concern” of hers.  —  Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard spoke candidly on Saturday about her controversial decision to vote “present” …
Discussion: Axios and The Hill
New York Times:
Science Under Attack: How Trump Is Sidelining Researchers and Their Work  —  WASHINGTON — In just three years, the Trump administration has diminished the role of science in federal policymaking while halting or disrupting research projects nationwide, marking a transformation …
Susannah Bryan / Sun-Sentinel:
Is ‘Dixie Highway’ racist?  The debate is growing … A movement to rename Dixie Highway — for some a painful reminder of a tragic, racist past — might be gaining steam in Broward County.  —  The argument is being made by one of Broward County's youngest elected officials after she heard of a similar effort in Miami-Dade.
Kyle Olson / The American Mirror:
SHOCK VIDEO: Man scales 30-foot border wall — in 23 seconds!  —  A real-life Spiderman lives in Mexico.  —  A migrant scaled a new 30-foot section of the border wall with relative ease recently.  —  Watch: … The photo spoke Spanish throughout the video, which shows the man scaling …
Mary Margaret Olohan / The Daily Caller:
Cory Booker Says Men Should Care About Abortion Access Because ‘Women Are People’  —  2020 presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker said Saturday that abortion rights shouldn't matter to men just because of their female relatives and friends, but because “women are people.”
Discussion: Redstate and Townhall
Sam Dorman / Fox News:
Ex-NFL star predicts ‘black awakening’ will give Trump unprecedented support in 2020  —  Former NFL player Jack Brewer once campaigned for Barack Obama but now rejects the Democratic Party after “awakening” to the way it abandoned African Americans, he said Saturday.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
Maddow Meltdown: In Defense To OAN Lawsuit, Host Argues Her Words Are Not Facts  —  Back in September, we reported that TV network OAN had filed a lawsuit against Rachel Maddow for the time the host said that OAN “really, literally is paid Russian propaganda.”
 
 
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